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A Hindu man from Madurai who converted to Islam in 2013 is at the centre of an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for posting an “incriminating post” on Facebook in December last. I report

The accused, identified as Mohammad Iqbal alias Senthil Kumar, was arrested on December 2, 2020 by the Tamil Nadu Police. He is presently in prison. The NIA re-registered the case in April 2021.

NIA said that Iqbal was advocating the ideology of Islamic State and Hizb- Ut- Tahrir (HuT), a fundamentalist organisation.

HuT, an Islamic organisation that has been banned by many Muslim countries including Bangladesh is often at odds with the IS. While IS declared an unlawful organisation in India, no such declaration has been made for HuT by India yet. The outfit’s website is accessible in India.

NIA said that an examination of the mobile phone of the accused revealed that “he was in contact with several prohibited international terrorist groups and network of ISIS, Hizb-ut-Tahrir through social media.”

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